Iowa Code 633F.1 – Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter:
1. “Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 633F.1
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- Probate: Proving a will
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
- State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Iowa Code 633D.2
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. “Beneficiary” means an individual for whom property has been transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee for the individual’s use and benefit under this chapter.
3. “Consent” means affirmation given by a person who is not incapacitated; or if a person is incapacitated and there is no conflict of interest between the representer and the incapacitated person with respect to the fiduciary manner, the following may consent on behalf of the incapacitated individual:
a. A conservator may represent and bind the person whose estate the conservator controls.
b. A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiary of a trust.
c. A personal representative may represent and bind the persons interested in the decedent‘s estate.
d. If no conservator has been appointed, a parent may represent and bind a minor child.
4. “Conservator” means a person appointed or qualified by a court to manage the estate of an individual or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.
5. “Court” means the probate court of this state.
6. “Custodial trust property” means an interest in property transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee under this chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest.
7. “Custodial trustee” means a person designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this chapter or a substitute or successor to the person designated.
8. “Guardian” means a person appointed or qualified by a court as a guardian of an individual, including a limited guardian, but not a person who is only a court visitor.
9. “Incapacitated” means the inability of an individual to manage property or business affairs because the individual is any of the following:
a. An individual whose decision-making is so impaired that the individual is unable to make, communicate, or carry out important decisions concerning the individual’s financial affairs.
b. Detailed or incarcerated in a penal system.
c. Outside the United States and unable to return.
d. A minor.
10. “Legal representative” means a living person’s agent acting under a durable financial power of attorney or conservator, a living or deceased person’s trustee acting under a revocable trust created by such person, or a deceased person’s personal representative.
11. “Member of the beneficiary’s family” means the following persons who are competent adults at the time of acting hereunder, with such action to be taken in the following order of priority:
a. The surviving spouse, if not legally separated from the beneficiary, whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
b. The surviving child of the beneficiary, or, if there is more than one, a majority of the surviving children whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
c. The surviving parents of the beneficiary whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
d. A surviving grandchild of the beneficiary, or if there is more than one, a majority of the surviving grandchildren whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
e. A surviving sibling of the beneficiary, or if there is more than one, a majority of the surviving siblings whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
f. A surviving grandparent of the beneficiary, or if there is more than one, a majority of the surviving grandparents whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
g. A person in the next degree of kinship to the beneficiary in the order named by law who would inherit the estate of the beneficiary under the rules of inheritance for intestate succession, or if there is more than one, a majority of such surviving persons whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable.
12. “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
13. “Personal representative” means an executor, administrator, or special administrator of a decedent’s estate, a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions, or a successor to any of them as defined in section 633.3.
14. “State” means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
15. “Transferor” means a person who creates a custodial trust by transfer or declaration.
16. “Trust company” means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.